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In the News (Fri 1 Jan 10)

  
  SciTecLibrary - Scientific News
Naachtun appears to have flourished between about 500 and 800 AD, believed to be a time of almost constant warfare in the Mayan area.
Naachtun was located between the two great powers and came to be important to both the war and trade strategies of the rival kingdoms.
Naachtun, which is 130 kilometers north of the city of Flores, was founded around 400 BC and is believed to have been home to up to 20,000 people at the peak of its powers.
www.sciteclibrary.ru /eng/catalog/pages/7110.html   (678 words)

  
 prec_190204
Il gruppo tenterà di spiegare come i Naachtun sopravvissero al crollo della grande civiltà pre-classica di Mirador, per poi fiorire nel corso dei secoli, tra il 500 e l’800 d.C., ritenuto un periodo di guerra quasi ininterrotta nell’area Maya, con Tikal e Calakmul, le due superpotenze regionali impegnate in una battaglia sanguinaria per la supremazia.
Naachtun era situata in linea diretta lungo la rotta tra i due grandi poteri e divenne d’importanza vitale sia per le strategie di guerra che per il commercio tra i due regni rivali.
Gli archeologi non sono sicuri se Naachtun fosse un territorio neutrale come la Svizzera dei tempi moderni, dove la gente di entrambe le parti poteva incontrarsi per discutere, o più simile all’attuale Afghanistan, un’entità posizionata in modo strategico dove le terze parti in guerra avrebbero esercitato una forte influenza.
www.laportadeltempo.com /Precolombiane/prec_190204.htm   (691 words)

  
 Terrae Antiqvae Imágenes
The initial season of investigations at Naachtun revealed that the civic center was founded between 100 BC and AD 150, however, its period of greatest growth appears to have been between AD 150 and 300, the initial stages of the Early Classic period.
Naachtun was rediscovered by the archaeologist Sylvanus Morley, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, on
The size of Naachtun, the grandeur of its public architecture, and the presence of over 40 stelae, indicate that it was the centre of a very powerful kingdom during the Classic period.
terraeantiqvaefotos.zoomblog.com /archivo/2006/01/17/hallazgo-en-la-selva-abre-nuevo-capitu.html   (5058 words)

  
 Naachtun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Known as Naachtun, the city-state played a strategic and possibly unique diplomatic role in the turbulent politics of the Mayan civilization.
The team will try to explain how Naachtun survived the collapse of the great pre-classic Mirador civilization and then went on to blossom during centuries of conflict that followed.
It appears to have flourished between around 500 and 800 A.D., believed to be a time of almost constant warfare in the Mayan area, with Tikal and Calakmul, the two regional superpowers locked in a frequently vicious internecine fight for supremacy.
www.mirabilis.ca /archives/001506.html   (171 words)

  
 Ghost of a flea: Naachtun
New archaeological work at Naachtun seeks to discover the role the city played in centuries of conflict betweek Tikal and Calakmul.
Naachtun, or "distant stone," is a misleading modern name for a place which these days is remote but in the Mayan Classic period lay directly between warring powers.
Archeologists are not sure whether Naachtun was neutral territory like Switzerland where people from both sides would come in and discuss with each other or more like Afghanistan, a strategically placed entity where warring third parties would vie for influence.
www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/001507.html   (212 words)

  
 Naachtun Archaeological Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Naachtun Archeological Project is a multi-disciplinary research project that merges archaeological investigations with environmental conservation and economic development in the tropical forest of northern Guatemala.
The ancient Maya city of Naachtun is still one of the most remote sites in the Yucatan peninsula, and one of the least known of all major Classic Maya centres.
Sadly, however, even though Naachtun is extremely isolated, most of the major mounds have been pitted and trenched by looters.
www.ucalgary.ca /~naachtun   (111 words)

  
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Naachtun was located directly en route between the two great powers and came to be vitally important to both the war and trade strategies of the rival kingdoms.
Studded with pyramids, numerous stone carvings and a sprawling 10-acre palace complex, Naachtun was founded around 400 BC and is believed to have been home to up to 20,000 people at the peak of its powers.
The last serious exploration attempt at Naachtun was a three-week visit by the Carnegie Institution in Washington in 1933 that produced the only map of the site.
www.sac.or.th /Subdetail/article/March/article10.html   (664 words)

  
 Naachtun Archaeological Project: Project Bibliography
2005 Los Monumentos de Naachtun, Peten.In XVIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2004, edited by Juan Pedro LaPorte, Bárbara Arroyo, and Héctor E. Mejía, pp.
2005 “Resultados de Investigaciones en 2005: el Período Clásico Temprano de Naachtun.” Paper to be presented at the XIX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, July 18-22, Guatemala City.
2003 “Naachtun: Un Cuidad Clasico de los Mayas.” Paper presented at the XVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, July 21-25, Guatemala City.
www.ucalgary.ca /~naachtun/Bibliography/Bibliography.html   (453 words)

  
 SG.hu - Feltárják a rejtélyes maja várost
Naachtun pontosan a két nagyhatalom között helyezkedett el, ezért mindkét viszálykodó királyságnak rendkívül fontossá vált mind hadi, mind kereskedelmi szempontból, ugyanis közvetlen támadás előtt a birodalmaknak át kellett haladniuk Naachtunon.
A Naachtun nevet Sylvanus Morley, egy amerikai régész adta a helynek a húszas években.
Ezt az időszakot Naachtun sem élte túl, 800 körül a királyság elnéptelenedett, csupán a 20.
www.sg.hu /cikk.php?cid=31152   (953 words)

  
 Archeomisteri n. 15 - ARCHEONOTIZIE - ESPLORATO UN ANTICO REGNO IN GUATEMALA
Conosciuta come Naachtun, la città-stato in questione giocò un ruolo strategico e probabilmente diplomatico unico nelle turbolente vicende politiche proprie della civiltà maya.
Gli archeologi non sono sicuri se Naachtun fosse un territorio neutrale come la Svizzera dei tempi moderni, dove la gente di entrambe le parti poteva incontrarsi per discutere, o piuttosto simile all’attuale Afghanistan, un’entità posizionata in modo strategico dove le terze parti in guerra avrebbero esercitato una forte influenza.
Nemmeno Naachtun sopravvisse a quel tempo, ed il regno fu abbandonato attorno all’800 d.C. Fu riscoperto poi dai cercatori di gomma all’inizio del XX secolo.
www.edicolaweb.net /nw15_12a.htm   (819 words)

  
 CHAPINADAS :: Naachtun :: December :: 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
According to a team of arqueologist from Guatemala and the University of Calgary, the theory that in the Mayan world women did not have power was given a set back when a stelae found in Naachtun, Peten shows the existence of a Mayan queen.
After the discovery of this stelae, efforts were put into effect to try and find the tomb so that the enigma and myth of women governing can be put to rest.
Naachtun is located 90 km from Tikal and it was found at the beginning of the 1900’s.
deguate.blogsome.com /2005/12/08/naachtun   (290 words)

  
 BritsAway - The Number One Site For British Expariates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A University of Calgary archaeologist and her international team of researchers have discovered the earliest known portrait of a woman that the Maya carved into stone, demonstrating that women held positions of authority very early in Maya history, as either queens or patron deities.
The discovery was made earlier this year in Guatemala at the site of Naachtun, a Maya city located some 90 kilometres through dense jungle north of the more famous Maya city of Tikal.
The buril was a reverential act meant to honour the individual whose image was carved on the monument.
www.50connect.co.uk /Britsaway/dailyFeature.asp?article=13688   (544 words)

  
 Radius Gold Inc. - QwikReport - Wed Dec 6, 2006
The management of Radius Gold invite you to visit the the Naachtun website to learn more about the important contributions that the project is making to the understanding of the history of this unique Maya site.
"Naachtun is one of the most important and least known sites in the Maya area.
In order to shed light on this significant, yet enigmatic kingdom, the Naachtun Archaeological Project, a multi-year, multi-disciplinary program of research, was launched in 2002.
www.radiusgold.com /s/QwikReport.asp?IsPopup=Y&printVersion=now&XB13=121299   (265 words)

  
 Jungle discovery opens new chapter in Maya history
A University of Calgary archaeologist and her international team of researchers have discovered the earliest known portrait of a woman that the Maya carved into stone, demonstrating that women held positions of authority very early in Maya history — either as queens or patron deities.
The burial was a reverential act meant to honour the individual whose image was carved on the monument.
Chris Morehart, a PhD student from Northwestern University, is directing the study of the settlement surrounding Naachtun's civic centre.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-12/uoc-jdo120505.php   (790 words)

  
 Ancient Portrait of Maya Woman Found—Who Was She?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The discovery was made earlier this year in the jungles of northern Guatemala at a site called Naachtun, some 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of the Maya city of Tikal.
The portrait, which is carved into a stone monument known as a stela, shows a woman's face with her hands upheld.
Naachtun was founded between B.C. 50 and A.D. 150, but its period of greatest growth appears to have been between A.D. 150 and A.D. 400, the initial stages of what archaeologists call the Classic Maya period.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/12/1208_051208_maya_woman.html   (457 words)

  
 Jungle discovery opens new chapter in Maya history - Canadian University Press Releases
Shawn Morton, a U of C MA student, is surveying and mapping Naachtun’s civic centre, which extends over two square kilometres.
Ernesto Arredondo, a PhD student from La Trobe University, is investigating the defensive fortifications at Naachtun as a part of his dissertation research.
Reese-Taylor and her team first began fieldwork in Naachtun in 2002 and are undertaking the first scientific excavations of the site.
www.canadian-universities.net /News/Press-Releases/December_5_2005_Jungle_discovery_opens_new_chapter_in_Maya_history.html   (804 words)

  
 Saturday Night Theologian, 2004.02.08   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Morley began an investigation of the site, which he named Naachtun; he was the first of many archaeologists to visit the site over the next several years.
Naachtun was an ancient Mayan city that flourished for several hundred years during the Classical Period (about 250-900 C.E.), before it was abandoned, seemingly at the height of its political power.
When children are in elementary school, their teachers fairly quickly determine those that seem to have high academic potential.
www.progressivetheology.org /SNT/SNT-2004.02.08.html   (1553 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Guatemala's Ancient 'Survivor' Kingdom Explored   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Naachtun was located directly en route between the two
The last serious exploration attempt at Naachtun was a
Naachtun is a part, is at risk from population pressure and
www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/02/19/guatemalas_ancient_survivor_kingdom_explored   (624 words)

  
 Athena Review: Archaeology in the News
Located between the two warring city-states of Tikal and Calakmul, this ancient city was right at the heart of the Mayan civilization, one km south of the Mexican border.
Many researchers concur that this final collapse was triggered by several factors including the constant warfare between kings, over-exploitation of fragile wetland ecosystems, and a famine beginning around AD 750.
Naachtun is such a remote city that it had been independently "discovered" twice, long before the present excavation began.
www.athenapub.com /archnew2.htm   (9852 words)

  
 Arqueólógos Profundizan Estudios en Proyecto Naachtun
El actual Proyecto de Naachtun inició en el año 2002, luego de un viaje de reconocimiento al sitio, por los arqueólogos Kathryn Reese- Taylor, Ernesto Arredondo y el epigrafista Marc Zender.
Con estos resultados de las temporadas de investigación del Proyecto Naachtun se empieza a comprender los procesos sociales que tuvieron lugar en Naachtun en la antigüedad y demostrar la importancia que tiene en la actualidad como reserva biológica, como base fundamental para conocer la evolución de los mayas del norte de Petén.
Naachtun fue visitado y reportado por primera vez en 1922 por el arqueólogo Sylvanus Morley.
www.deguate.com /ecologia/printer_239.shtml   (470 words)

  
 Archaeology Program - La Trobe University
Naachtun is a major Maya site in the far north of Guatemala, Central America.
Although there are indications that Naachtun was conquered by Tikal in the 5th century, the kingdom appears to have lasted until the end of the Classic period some 400 years later.
The Proyecto Arqueológico Naachtun is investigating the process by which the Naachtun kingdom survived the political turmoil of the centuries around the time of Christ (the so-called Late Preclassic-Classic transition as well as how it managed to negotiate its survival during the Classic period.
www.latrobe.edu.au /archaeology/Staff_directory/staffprojects.htm   (3868 words)

  
 The East Capers News Page 1
The 6½ foot stone stele is at least 200 years older than the earliest previously known portrait of a Maya queen.
The stele was damaged during an attack on a Maya city known as Naachtun in a remote section of Guatemala around AD 400.
Naachtun, found in 1922 by Sylvanus Morley, is about half a mile from the border of Mexico.
bajainsider.com /east_caper/ecss02.htm   (1141 words)

  
 Jungle finding opens “new chapter” in Maya history
The portrait was found earlier this year in Guatemala at the site of Naachtun, a Maya city located some 90 kilometres through dense jungle north of the more famous Maya city of Tikal, the researchers said.
Julia Guernsey of the University of Texas at Austin, said the gender of the figure portrayed on the stela is surely significant.
The university’s Martin Rangel actually discovered the stela peeking out from a looter’s trench at the end of the 2004 season, the researchers said, and excavated it in the spring of 2005.
www.world-science.net /othernews/051206_mayafrm.htm   (583 words)

  
 Jungle discovery opens new chapter in Maya history, Tradeweb Internet Marketing Consultants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A University of Calgary archaeologist and her international team of researchers have discovered the earliest known portrait of a woman that the Maya carved into stone, demonstrating that women held positions of authority very early in Maya history - either as queens or patron deities.
The woman's face, carved on a stone monument called a stela [STEE-la] - and in an artistic style never before seen - suggests women played significant roles in early Maya politics.
Dr. Julia Guernsey, a professor of Precolumbian Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, says the gender of the figure portrayed on the stela is unquestionably significant.
www.tradeweb.co.za /page-enables-04q3Iu3C2k2T2ME2li1J3S36-deal.html   (834 words)

  
 U of C discovery sheds light on role of Maya women - Canadian University Press Releases
The Naachtun Archaeological Project, which is an international effort led by the University of Calgary, has unearthed an important artifact from the Guatemalan jungle that opens a new chapter on the history of the Maya and the role women played.
Reporters are invited to meet with U of C archaeology professor and director of the Naachtun project, Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor, on Monday, Dec. 5, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Kathryn Reese-Taylor, U of C archaeology professor and director of the Naachtun project, and some of her grad students
www.canadian-universities.net /News/Press-Releases/December_2_2005_U_of_C_discovery_sheds_light_on_role_of_Maya_women.html   (260 words)

  
 dark_aegis: Fic: Holiday (8/10)
Without bothering to let her answer, or even doing more than nodding abruptly toward Atan, he gripped the spear that the warriors had thoughtfully provided and followed in her wake.
The sounds of the jungle seemed somewhat muted as they approached the ruined city, almost as if the creatures themselves feared the danger at Naachtun.
He let their voices fade away as he turned toward the city that he instinctually knew lay just beyond the trees to the north.
dark-aegis.livejournal.com /36009.html   (2920 words)

  
 Culture Maya . Découverte d’une stèle à Naachtun
Cette stèle du IVe siècle après notre ère, décorée d’un visage et portant le nom d’une femme, a été mise au jour sur le site de l’ancienne cité maya de Naachtun, au Guatemala, à 90 km au nord de Tikal.
Les archéologues ont trouvé la stèle en creusant sous un bâtiment de Naachtun.
La stèle de Naachtun précède ces inscriptions d’au moins 100 ans.
www.dinosoria.com /maya_naachtun.htm   (581 words)

  
 Print the story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
University of Calgary archaeologist Kathryn Reese-Taylor and an international team of researchers have discovered an early Mayan portrait of a woman.
The discovery was made earlier this year in Guatemala at the site of Naachtun, a Mayan city about 55 miles north of the more famous Mayan city of Tikal.
The woman's face -- carved on a stone monument called a stela in an artistic style never before seen -- suggests women played significant roles in early Mayan politics, Reese-Taylor said.
www.physorg.com /printnews.php?newsid=8760   (190 words)

  
 Nakbé - Wikitravel
Collapsed along with El Mirador around 150 CE, but had somewhat more of a resurgence during the Late Classic.
This trip is usually done this way, but of you are on your way to Naachtun, you may be coming from Uaxactun.
The two vigilantes (guards) are pleased when you sign their guest book.
wikitravel.org /en/Nakb%C3%A9   (131 words)

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